tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post5602430046502955436..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: Batman in the 1980s Issue 29: May 1982John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-23450042003784052512021-06-08T14:05:01.707-07:002021-06-08T14:05:01.707-07:00"maybe it was the lack of continuing stories ..."maybe it was the lack of continuing stories that did in B & B."<br /><br />I never thought of that, but you are right. Considering that the team books with their never ending soap opera got more successful at the time. Batman (and Superman) needed a lot of work and a few years before they became more popular again.andydeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312309519462680892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-48698731795436664552021-06-07T16:32:03.944-07:002021-06-07T16:32:03.944-07:00Thanks, guys. Andy, maybe it was the lack of conti...Thanks, guys. Andy, maybe it was the lack of continuing stories that did in B & B.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-62408231266884042272021-06-07T10:40:28.191-07:002021-06-07T10:40:28.191-07:00It is a mystery that the bat-book with the best ar...It is a mystery that the bat-book with the best art had lost so many readers in two years. Aparo or Novick isn't even a contest. And while there were some bad stories in B&B, compared to the mostly lame efforts of the other two titles it wasn't that bad. So what was the problem? The readers were no longer interested in team-up books? <br /><br />Considering that Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-in-One got cancelled in the same year as B&B I guess the time was up for the concept.andydeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312309519462680892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-9975817744355003592021-06-07T10:26:39.453-07:002021-06-07T10:26:39.453-07:00BATMAN #347 was the comic that made me realize Tre...BATMAN #347 was the comic that made me realize Trevor Von Eeden had really stepped up his game. I’d followed his work off and on since his debut on BLACK LIGHTNING #1, and his stuff had always seemed somewhat solid but undistinguished. But then he suddenly started doing stuff like this — his draftsmanship more stylish, his layouts more imaginative, his pages much more dynamic overall. Just a few months after this, he kicked things up a notch further on the amazing BATMAN ANNUAL #8, and did some truly distinctive artwork over the next few years, on WORLD’S FINEST, THE OUTSIDERS, THRILLER, and a terrific 4-issue GREEN ARROW mini-series. <br /><br />I didn’t know that Trevor was Frank Miller’s original choice to draw YEAR ONE. But i have heard about another Trevor / Frank connection — if I’m not mistaken, Trevor dated colorist Lynn Varley before she and Frank became an ‘item’.<br /><br />b.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com